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poetic techniques
AS poetry module
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words |
| ambiguity | the possibility of something having more than one meaning |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in words beside each other |
| consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds beside each other |
| couplet | two lines which are paired in length or rhyme |
| enjambment | a thought or sentence that continues into the next line/ lines |
| figurative language | similes and metaphors |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like the noise they're describing |
| temporal marker | word or phrase that anchors the poem in time |